Purple Cowboy toured Calgary and felt right at home.  Friendly people, great food that will pair nicely with great red wine and the Stampede grounds to play in.  What is not to like.

Many requests for Purple Cowboy from our friends in Canada….flying up tomorrow to see if we can how we can make it happen!  Instead of sending beer as the prize for the hockey match – should have sent Purple Cowboy.

Purple Cowboy Tenacious Red is – at this moment- being enjoyed by the over 4,000 folks attending the Houston Rodeo Uncorked Wine Event!  Nice way to kick off the rodeo.

Stopped in Templeton at the famous McPhees Grill while exploring in Paso Robles Wine Country and enjoying the countryside.  Lunch was a fish tostada – fabulous!

“Halfway between the two main California metropolises of Los Angeles and San Francisco is Paso Robles Wine Country. Located along California’s famed Central Coast, the Paso Robles winegrape growing region’s climate is perfect for the production of award-winning premium wines. A long growing season of warm days and cool evenings give rise to vibrantly ripened fruit with dynamic flavor profiles that translate beautifully in your glass of Paso Robles wine”….according to the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance.

We’ve been pouring all day at the Boston Wine Expo and want to say thanks to all the great wine lovers who came by our table and tasted our wines.  But now our thoughts turn toward football and the big game tomorrow between New Orleans and Minnesota.  We’re not taking sides, you understand. But we did kind of like what our friends at Wrangler did to support our favorite old guy, Brett Favre.  (Sure he loves that).  Anyway, they turned their logo purple in honor of the Minnesota Vikings. 

You see, Wrangler and Brett have a long-time relationship, with Brett acting as spokesperson for Wrangler Jeans.  Wrangler and our own Purple Cowboy work together to raise funds for breast cancer awareness through the Tough Enough To Wear Pink? organization.  And the Favre family, especially Deanna, who is herself a breast cancer survivor, have done incredible work to fight this disease.  So maybe we do feel just a little bit of love toward the QB who’s wearing purple tomorrow.  Wrangler has asked their fans to post this logo to their walls during the playoffs (The Wrangler logo is usually red,)

So until we make a Purple Viking wine, Purple Cowboy and a posted logo will have to do.  So go out and have a great game!

http://bit.ly/4MuLH2 Fresh off a stint on The Today Show, Purple Cowboy was featured on T.V. this morning–this time on Boston’s Fox Channel 25.  Our Thirsty Girl friend and wine expert Leslie Sbrocco included the Cowboy on a fab food and wine pairing segment to promote the Boston Wine Expo taking place this weekend.  It’s the country’s largest wine tasting and we’re in town to pour the Cowboy for our Boston fans.  If you’re coming to the tasting, stop by the Thirsty Girl pavilion and say howdy!

             Over 1,000 guests enjoyed Purple Cowboy at the annual Wrangler retailer appreciation party at the Marriott Hotel in Denver on Saturday night.  It was also the wine served for the Equibrand appreciation party at the Doubletree Hotel where Equibrand just introduced their new Tough Enough to Wear Pink line of equine.  Equibrand gives back a portion of the proceeds from this merchandise to Tough Enough to Wear Pink ….they truly are the “Real Deal”.

http://bit.ly/4yoG8u Today Show hosts Hoda and Kathie Lee really, really like Purple Cowboy!  They tasted the wine in a segment today about recommended wines for this long holiday weekend.  Our Thirsty Girl friend, wine expert and author Leslie Sbrocco, a frequent guest, selected Purple Cowboy Tenacious Red as a wine that not only tastes good but does good.  A big shout out was given to the support we lend to Tough Enough To Wear Pink?  Kathie Lee was particularly taken with the wine and had some entertaining things to say (as usual).  Be sure to click on the link to watch the segment.

Here’s a great quote about our wine posted on The Today Show section of msnbc.com:

“Purple Cowboy Tenacious Red Paso Robles, California, $13 A rough-and-ready blend of cabernet sauvignon and syrah that will please any lover of big reds. There is a softer side to the wine, too. With each case sold, a buck is donated to the breast cancer awareness organization, Tough Enough to Wear Pink. 2007 Purple Cowboy Tenacious Red Paso Robles, California, $13 A rough-and-ready blend of cabernet sauvignon and syrah that will please any lover of big reds. There is a softer side to the wine, too. With each case sold, a buck is donated to the breast cancer awareness organization, Tough Enough to Wear Pink.”